Sun 96-95 Mercury (7 Aug, 2011) Box Score

Connecticut Sun

13-7, 5-6 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
CONN	21	20	28	15	12	96
PHX	26	20	18	20	11	95

Phoenix Mercury

11-9, 5-4 home

Connecticut Sun

starters
A. Jones F
T. Charles C
R. Montgomery G
K. Greene G
D. McCray G
bench
J. Moore F
K. Griffin F
J. Breland F
K. Lawson G
T. White G
A. Hightower G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	13-18	0-0	1-2	0	5	5	2	1	0	2	4	+3	27
42	11-24	0-0	1-2	6	11	17	4	0	2	3	3	+2	23
37	8-19	5-12	7-8	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	+2	28
35	3-7	0-0	0-0	0	5	5	6	1	0	1	1	-4	6
1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3	0-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	+1	1
16	0-2	0-1	2-2	2	5	7	1	2	0	1	1	-6	2
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	3-9	2-5	1-1	1	4	5	3	0	0	1	0	+7	9
24	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	3	+2	0
7	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	38-84	7-21	13-17	10	32	42	20	8	2	12	17		96
	45.2%	33.3%	76.5%

Phoenix Mercury

starters
P. Taylor F
N. Sanford F
C. Dupree F
D. Taurasi G
T. Johnson G
bench
D. Bonner F
M. Ferdinand-Harris G
K. Swanier G
A. Gray-Lawson G
S. Spencer NA
O. Sanni NA
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
37	6-13	1-5	0-0	2	3	5	5	4	1	4	2	+9	13
21	4-9	0-0	1-4	3	6	9	0	0	0	0	3	-10	9
37	5-9	0-0	0-0	7	5	12	1	1	0	2	1	+3	10
38	7-23	5-13	10-10	0	8	8	6	1	1	2	2	0	29
33	3-7	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	5	0	1	4	4	-8	8
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
32	8-20	4-10	4-4	5	6	11	0	3	1	0	2	+5	24
14	1-5	0-1	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	-12	2
12	0-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	+9	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	0
	34-89	12-33	15-18	18	31	49	19	9	5	14	16		95
	38.2%	36.4%	83.3%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

CONN wins 2-0

Sun
96
Mercury
95

Game 1

7/8

Mercury
92
Sun
95

Game 2

27/8

11:00 PM, 7 August 2011

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	32	8	.800	-	L1
Connecticut	28	12	.700	4	W1
Indiana	20	20	.500	12	L1
Atlanta	15	25	.375	17	W3
Washington	14	26	.350	18	W1
Chicago	13	27	.325	19	L5

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Minnesota	30	10	.750	-	L1
Las Vegas	27	13	.675	3	W5
Seattle	25	15	.625	5	W1
Phoenix	19	21	.475	11	L1
Dallas	9	31	.225	21	L9
Los Angeles	8	32	.200	22	W1

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CONN wins 2-0

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